Wherever I gaed, kindly lasses looked sweet, And mithers and aunties were unco discreet; While kebbuck and bicker were set on the board: But now they pass by me, and never a word!
So farre, as doth the daughter of the day All other lesser lights in light excell; So farre doth she in beautyfull array Above all other lasses beare the bell; Ne lesse in vertue that beseems her well Doth she exceede the rest of all her race.
But what so sure she was, she worthy was To be the fourth with those three other placed, Yet she was certes but a countrey lasse; Yet she all other countrey lasses farre did passe.
It was formerly a general custom in Wales for young lads andlasses to meet and spend a pleasant evening together in various farmhouses.
One evening he went to Llechwedd Llyfn, in the neighbourhood of Cefn Brith, to hold a merry meeting, and it was late before the lads and lasses separated.
And the lasses are worse than the men, with their fashions and foldololls.
All thelasses are tomboys now, bless them, the bright heart-some things!
It was Lasses and Lads, and to make themselves think it was the old time back again they took each other's hands and swung them to the tune.
The Maid brought us in her company, for, as you know, she will ever have young lasses with her when she may, and as far as Orleans the roads are safe.
The Unconscionable Batchelors of DARBY, or the Young Lasses Pawn'd by their Sweethearts, for a large Reckoning, at Nottingham Goose Fair; where poor Susan was forced to pay the Shot.
Then after an hour, They went to a bower, And play'd for Ale and Cakes, And kisses too Untill they were due, The Lasses kept the stakes.
The lasses seemed very anxious to get in; but they were kept there a few minutes till the kind old superintendent, Mr Fisher, made his appearance.
The allusion to the Waterman carrying "bonny lasses over to the plays," is also a curious note of time.
It was a paper bag glittering with gold braid, and contained such an assortment of sweets as lads bought for their lasses on the Muckle Friday.
Th' ither lasses Lisbeth's hae'n had a michty trouble wi' them.
Ye mayna be," said Eppie, "but lasses doesna do to be ower partikler.
A tall, stout lady stood in the doorway and proved herself to be the Mrs. Rigg by the way in which she bustled about in all directions, calling several buxom country lasses to her aid.
Not those of the bevy of buxom lasses with their luxurious display of red and white, but the ample charms of a genuine Dutch country tea-table in the sumptuous time of autumn.
Tis like sunshine into my old heart to see the lads and lasses again, and to hear the merry, merry fiddling.
I looked into the kitchen, there was my monkey, drunk as a lord, toppling on the edge of the dresser, and performing on the flageolet to an audience of the house lasses and some neighbouring ploughmen.
Behold the rush-cart, and the throng Of lads and lasses pass along!
Barefooted lassesare fetching water from the ancient well of Saint Catherine,--a beautiful spring, at the foot of the sandy slope at the head of the bay; and an object of great veneration to the inhabitants of the island.
We saw the trig country lasses bleaching their snow-white linen on the grass by the waterside, and they too were lilting their favourite songs, Logan Water, the Flowers of the Forest, and the Broom of the Cowdenknowes.
The old world grinned, and said to the girls' faces that the lasses had better not be too zealous for the lads; they were generally fit to manage their own business, and something more into the bargain.
Ye will be ane o' the beneevolent leddies wha gang about, seeking for the lost sheep o' the house o' Israel, meaning sic puir misguided lasses as yon!
The lasses are seeking in every nook and cranny in the house; and if she is biding in it they will find her.
It prevails, as I afterwards noticed, among the rustic lasses everywhere.
Haymaking with the blithesome lasses in Ulrichsthal is a much more sprightly pastime than haymaking with the Quakers in Wensleydale.
No stunted cripple hops the village round; Your hands are active and your heads are sound: My lads are all your fields and flocks require; My lasses all those sturdy lads admire.
When us have four chillun, him increase de amount of flour to four cups and de 'lasses to two quarts.
His sons went about their own business; and he used to say that though they might help him in the way of money nows and thens, it was from his two lasses that he had the most comfort.
So, as grandfather dreads the water, I think I will stop in this country while he is to the fore, and meantime the lads and lasses must have their schooling and Tam his trade.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "lasses" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
